Cacu: A Change for Life

(Cacú: Un cambio por la vida)

Marvin del Cid / Dominican Republic / 2018 / 79 min
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  • Green Vision Environmental Film Festival

    Grand Prix

  • RushDoc Documentary Film Festival

    Social Media Fan Choice

  • WorldFilm.com

    Best Documentary, Audience Award

  • Icaro Central America Film Festival

  • DC Environmental Film Festival

  • United Nations

    Celebrating World Turtle Day

  • International Bienal of Scientific Cinema

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What does it take to transform a sea turtle nest predator into a conservationist of the endangered species?

With electrifying images, Cacu: A Change for Life follows five fishermen from Manresa, a poor neighborhood to the West of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, as they learn from marine biologist Omar Shamir Reynoso’s one-of-a-kind plan to protect nesting sea turtles. With the scientist’s guidance and the community’s collaboration, the fishermen become sea turtle advocates and custodians in this story of conservation success.

Environmental and social problems intertwine as we learn about the biology of endangered sea turtles, and the social and economical challenges of a vulnerable neighborhood. Cacu is a hopeful environment story of success and inclusion.

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“The life of the fishermen, but above all the beautiful evolution of the relationship between man and nature pass in front of the spectator's eyes. ” – Alfonso Quiñones , Diario Libre

“The project...demonstrates that a community’s poverty is irrelevant when there is commitment to the conservation of natural resources and endangered species. A prejudice that has accompanied writer-director Del Cid, until learning about the work of marine biologist Omar Shamir Reynoso and the fishermen.” – Jorge Pérez Orsini, Diario Libre

About the Director
Originally from Guatemala, Marvin del Cid manages the audiovisual department and is a photojournalist for Grupo Diario Libre, in the Dominican Republic. He is known for his articles on environmental issues. For more than 20 years he has been dedicated to photography, discipline for which he has earned numerous prizes. His images have been published internationally in National Geographic, Huffington Post, Sesame Street Australia, United Nations and Microsoft, among others. He has taught at the School of High Design of Chavón and the Technological Institute of he Americas.

His first feature documentary, Cacú: A Change for Life has traveled around the world appearing at the DC Environmental Film Festival in Washington DC, the Green Vision Environmental Film Festival in St. Petersburg and the International Bienal of Scientific Cinema in Madrid, among others.

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